• Master@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    I’m reserving all my opinions until after the 30th when all the 3rd party clients die. A lot of people dont even know their client is about to reach end of life because they dont check reddit every day or follow the news close enough.

    Usage statistics saw a 15-25% hit in traffic during the protest. It’s still around 8% lower than it was pre protest.

    My personal opinion though is that reddit doesnt have to die. It just has to lose it’s status as the front page of the internet. That happens when there is an alternative to reddit that has a critical mass of users to be a rival. I think we are close to that right now with lemmy.

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      2 years ago

      Near a billion active users per month, Reddit isn’t going to die. Doesn’t matter to me what other people do, I’ve left.

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        2 years ago

        Depends on how you define “Active Users”.

        Reddit has shitload of spam, bots, and lurkers. Only a very small slice of users actually contribute anything in the form of posts and comments.

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        2 years ago

        While I can’t see it dying in anytime soon in how many visitors it receives, the general “vibe” and communities of the site will differ I imagine and that’s what matters to me. The end of Apollo was it for me. Like you said, others can do whatever but I’ve left.

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      2 years ago

      Once it loses it’s status as “front page of the internet” its the beginning of the end for Reddit (although it has already started, perhaps just the prologue or prequelmeme of the end?).

      Still learning lemmy but I’m liking it so far.